South Indian Recipes

Upma is a very famous South Indian breakfast dish and this recipe for Corn Upma is a variation of the original upma recipe. It is a healthy breakfast dish filled with the goodness of corn and milk.

Pachadi refers to a traditional  South Indian side-dish. Broadly translated, it refers to food which has been pounded. Pachadi is a side-dish curry similar to the north Indian raita.

Vada is a traditional South Indian food. Although they are commonly prepared at home, vadas are as well a typical street food in India. They are usually a morning food.

Puttu is a  South Indian and Sri Lankan breakfast dish of steamed cylinders of ground rice layered with coconut. It is highly popular in the Indian states of Kerala and few areas in Tamil Nadu as well as in areas of Sri Lanka, where it is also known as pittu. Puttu is served with side [...]

Lemon Rice is a famous cuisine of South India. It is a simple dish, easy to prepare and is very delicious. It is a filling rice dish with a hint of lemon that enhances its flavour. The lemon adds a sour taste to it and is served hot with pickle or curd raita.

Oats Dosa is a healthy breakfast dish where the dosa has the goodness of oats and rice and is easily prepared. With this dosa batter you don’t have to keep it overnight to ferment, just get up in the morning and prepare the batter. It is  hassle free and is surely yummy. It is served [...]

Paripu pradhaman is a sweet dish of Kerala which is yummy but a little hard work is required while preparing this. The time is basically consumed by the squeezing of the coconut milk, the rest is quick but it is worth the hard work. My mom always used to make this for me as this [...]

Buttermilk is a drink which is very much famous in  South India.In Southern India buttermilk with added water, salt, green chillies, ginger and curry leaves is given at stalls in festival times. It is the best way to beat the heat.It can be served chilled or otherwise.

Prawn/Chemeen curry is a very famous cuisine of Kerala where the prawns are made in a chatti(it’s a mud pot in which Keralites make fish) with coconut paste and other spices along with drumsticks and green/raw mango. This dish is spicy and tangy at the same time.